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. 2023 Nov 27;14(1):19.
doi: 10.1186/s13100-023-00307-4.

Meeting report: transposable elements at the crossroads of evolution, health and disease 2023

Irina R Arkhipova  1 , Kathleen H Burns  2 , Katherine B Chiappinelli  3 , Edward B Chuong  4 , Clement Goubert  5   6 , Alba Guarné  7 , Amanda M Larracuente  8 , E Alice Lee  9 , Henry L Levin  10
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Meeting report: transposable elements at the crossroads of evolution, health and disease 2023

Irina R Arkhipova et al. Mob DNA. .

Abstract

The conference "Transposable Elements at the Crossroads of Evolution, Health and Disease" was hosted by Keystone Symposia in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on September 3-6, 2023, and was organized by Kathleen Burns, Harmit Malik and Irina Arkhipova. The central theme of the meeting was the incredible diversity of ways in which transposable elements (TEs) interact with the host, from disrupting the existing genes and pathways to creating novel gene products and expression patterns, enhancing the repertoire of host functions, and ultimately driving host evolution. The meeting was organized into six plenary sessions and two afternoon workshops with a total of 50 invited and contributed talks, two poster sessions, and a career roundtable. The topics ranged from TE roles in normal and pathological processes to restricting and harnessing TE activity based on mechanistic insights gained from genetic, structural, and biochemical studies.

Keywords: Mobile DNA; Mobile genetic elements; Retrotransposons; Transposition; Transposons.

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Conflict of interest statement

KB (equity): Rome, Transposon, Oncolinea/4 Prime, Scaffold Tx; KC (consultant): Rome Tx; IA (consultant): Aera Tx. KB (equity): Rome, Transposon, Oncolinea/4 Prime, Scaffold Tx; KC (consultant): Rome Tx; IA (consultant): Aera Tx. KB and IA are Editors and KC, EC, AG, EAL and HL are Editorial Board Members of Mobile DNA.

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